That explains why Mirko is only 83 total. The only thing he is good at is standing strikes and takedown defense, which is actually very close to reality.

True that. Makes perfect sense to me. I quite like Cro Cop and think he is a good fighter. But the fact remains is a terrific sprawl and brawler and that's it.

Note - What does a high kicking stat determine anyway? I mean, i'm guessing it can't determine the power of the kick or the speed because those are seperates stats, right? I mean, Chuck is like 69 in terms of strength, so no matter what strikes he throws, they are going to be relatively to that of his stats, right? but his his punching and kicking offense is high as in the 80s and high 70s region. Same with striking defence..

I think there is a very complicated way to calculate the damage and I think everything adds to it. Let's just say...

[Strength]*[Kicking stats]=[Damage Dealt]

Of course there are lots of other factors like if it's a clean hit or if it's blocked (and in that case the defense stats of the other guy), if you're gassed, your overall speed, if the other guy is gassed, amount of kicks to the leg you kick him with, damage already dealt to the other guy, etc...